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Business Combinations (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Acquisition Method for Recording Business Combinations | During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, we acquired substantially all of the net assets of the following firms in exchange for our common stock and/or cash. These acquisitions have been accounted for using the acquisition method for recording business combinations (in millions, except share data):
Name and Effective Date of Acquisition |  | Common Shares Issued |  |  | Common Share Value |  |  | Cash Paid |  |  | Accrued Liability |  |  | Escrow Deposited |  |  | Recorded Earnout Payable |  |  | Total Recorded Purchase Price |  |  | Maximum Potential Earnout Payable |
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Inversion Holding Company Company, LLC (IHC) January 1, 2019 |  |  | 452 |  |  | $ | 35.9 |  |  | $ | 31.2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4.5 |  |  | $ | 20.9 |  |  | $ | 92.5 |  |  | $ | 35.0 |
Jones Brown Inc. (JBI) January 1, 2019 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 65.9 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8.7 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 74.6 |  |  |  | — |
Nine other acquisitions completed in 2019 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 79.7 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 6.0 |  |  |  | 14.9 |  |  |  | 100.7 |  |  |  | 46.1 |
|  |  | 452 |  |  | $ | 35.9 |  |  | $ | 176.8 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 19.2 |  |  | $ | 35.8 |  |  | $ | 267.8 |  |  | $ | 81.1 |
Summary of Estimated Fair Values of Net Assets Acquired | The following is a summary of the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired at the date of each acquisition made in the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 (in millions):
|  | IHC |  |  | JBI |  |  | Nine Other Acquisitions |  |  | Total |
Cash |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2.7 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | 3.7 |
Other current assets |  |  | 3.8 |  |  |  | 22.2 |  |  |  | 14.6 |  |  |  | 40.6 |
Fixed assets |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 1.9 |
Noncurrent assets |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 5.5 |
Goodwill |  |  | 41.8 |  |  |  | 51.2 |  |  |  | 38.5 |  |  |  | 131.5 |
Expiration lists |  |  | 50.6 |  |  |  | 22.7 |  |  |  | 57.3 |  |  |  | 130.6 |
Non-compete agreements |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Total assets acquired |  |  | 98.1 |  |  |  | 103.6 |  |  |  | 114.2 |  |  |  | 315.9 |
Current liabilities |  |  | 5.1 |  |  |  | 26.1 |  |  |  | 12.3 |  |  |  | 43.5 |
Total liabilities assumed |  |  | 5.6 |  |  |  | 29.0 |  |  |  | 13.5 |  |  |  | 48.1 |
Total net assets acquired |  | $ | 92.5 |  |  | $ | 74.6 |  |  | $ | 100.7 |  |  | $ | 267.8 |
Summary of Unaudited Pro Forma Historical Results | The following is a summary of the unaudited pro forma historical results, as if these entities had been acquired at January 1, 2018 (in millions, except per share data):
|  | Three-month period ended March 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Total revenues |  | $ | 1,993.0 |  |  | $ | 1,855.9 |
Net earnings attributable to controlling interests |  |  | 334.3 |  |  |  | 275.6 |
Basic net earnings per share |  |  | 1.81 |  |  |  | 1.51 |
Diluted net earnings per share |  |  | 1.77 |  |  |  | 1.49 |

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